Harness-buckle



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J. MEALBY.

HARNESS BUCKLE. No` 602,951. Y Patented Apr. 26, 1898.

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lIOHNS'ION MEALEY, OF HONVARD LAKE, MINNESOTA.

HARNESS-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,951, dated April 26, 1898.

Application filed January 13, 1897. Serial No. 619,095. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHNSTON MEALEY, of Howard Lake, "Wright county, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harness Buckles, of which the following, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in harness-buckles; and the objects I have in ,view are to provide a buckle that may be used for connecting the different parts of a harness and may be used especially for forming a loop in the end of a strap for connecting it to a ring, carrier, or to the loop of another buckle.

The invention consists generally in the construction and combination hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a buckle embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a bitring, showing the buckle employed for connecting straps thereto. Fig. 3 is a similar view showingthe buckle employed for connecting the strap to the carrier. Fig. l is a longitudinal section of the buckle, showing a strap connected thereto.

The buckle consists of the side bars 3 3, which are preferably of curved form, as shown, and which are provided with the transverse bars 19, 2l, 23, and 25, connecting the opposite edges of the side bars, the bars 19 and 25 being arranged at the ends of the side bars and connecting the same edges of said side bars and the bars 21 and 23 being arranged intermediate with the bars 19 and 25 and at the opposite edges of the side bars from the bars 19 and 25. The bar 2l is provided with a short stud 26 and the bar 23 with a longer stud 22. The strap is applied as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, being rst carried through the buckle and then carried back and its free end engaged with the studs 22 and 2G. The other part of the strap is then pressed down and engaged with the longer stud 22. By this means the strap is com pletely inclosed between the side bars and crossbars and is completely secured by the studs referred to.

It Will be noticed that the stationary end of the loop is firmly held within the buckle by means of the studs 2land 22, both of which pass through holes or openings provided therein, while only the longer stud 23 passes through the movable end of the loop, so that when it is desired to change the position of the buckle the movable end may be quickly disengaged from the stud 23 and slippedaloug over the same through the buckle to the desired point. As the stud 21 extends only through the stationary end of the loop it does not interfere in any way with the movement of the strap, and the opera-tion of changing the position of the buckle is greatly facili tated.

As shown by Fig. 1 of the drawings, I ar range the cross-bar 23, connecting the edges of the sides 3, near the bar 25, connecting the ends of said sides. As heretofore described, this bar 23 is provided with the long stud 22, and said stud, being near said bar 25, takes the place of the swinging tongue of the ordinary form of buckle, and the long end of the loop having been passed through the buckle will be held in place by the bar 25, bearing upon the upper surface of the same, and the long stud 22, passing through a hole in said loop. With this construction I am able to fasten both ends of the loop securely within the buckle, do away with the swinging tongue, and at the same time provide a buckle which will permit the long end of the loop to be disengaged and the position of the buckle changed on the stud whenever desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent* In a sliding harnessbuckle, the combination, with the curved flat sides, of the crossbars provided at the opposite ends of said sides and connecting the innerv edges of the same, asecond or middle pair oi bars between said end bars connecting the outer edges of said sides7 the space between said middle and end bars being sufficient to permit both ends of the loop to be passed one above the other through the buckle, said sides correspoudin g substantially in wid th to the thickness of said loop, the long and short stud provided upon IOO and the or0ss-bar supporting Suid long stud being arranged uom one of the ubars at the ond of said sides, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto seb my hand this 18th day of November, A. D. z;

JOHNSTON MEALEY. In presence ofm Y C. G. HAWLEY,

A. C. PAUL. 

